Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger

Re:Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger by polymatter on Saturday March 24, 2012 @07:01PM (#3751064)

In the case that I am not replying to a troll, can you provide any links or references? If I wanted to research your point of view, where should I begin?

You may not be able to prove Physics 101 on HN, but you could link you to Feynman's lectures on Physics which would get the interested layman started. That's the sort of thing I'm asking for, for this pro-IP viewpoint.

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Re:Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger by javert on Sunday March 25, 2012 @12:06AM (#3751685)

I'm an Objectivist, i.e., I agree with Ayn Rand. Here is a good reading list: [1].

Honestly, IP rights aren't a special case (setting aside patents, which isn't the topic of this thread); they're straightforward if you understand AR's theory of rights and property.

Another good reference is [2], but since AR's claims are hierarchial, you can't get the "whole story" very well from just looking up some specific topic.

[1] http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_...

[2] http://aynrandlexicon.com/

Feel free to get in touch if you want to follow up.

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Re:Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger by 18pfsmt on Sunday March 25, 2012 @12:25AM (#3751721)

If you were the only person left on the earth, copyrights wouldn't matter anymore. You can't say the same for the laws of physics.

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Re:Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger by javert on Sunday March 25, 2012 @01:29AM (#3751820)

True. I'm not saying that property rights are the same as physics.

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Re:Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger by Lockyy on Monday March 26, 2012 @06:47AM (#3756030)

"javert 1 day ago | link

Yes, precisely, like physics."

But you are.

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